A Complete Beginner's Guide To Solving THE FINALS Easter Egg Puzzles

A comprehensive guide for beginners who want to join the Easter Egg hunters on THE FINALS Discord in solving the pre-release puzzles that are being presented to us by Embark Studios. 00:00 Intro 1:41 Background to the Easter Egg Puzzles 2:58 An update on the missing flamingo... 3:59 Why do we have these Easter Egg Puzzles? 4:34 Puzzle Tiers and Levels 7:30 How to uncover the clues (including free online tools) 8:36 Codes vs Ciphers 9:43 How to use Photoshop to uncover clues 11:39 What if you have no Photoshop skills? 11:56 Types of clues 12:09 Hidden words 13:21 Acronyms 13:30 Signatures 13:41 Numbers 14:45 Codes (and Ciphers) 15:55 Symbols 16:23 Diagrams and equations 17:01 Objects 17:34 Modification of the image's subject 18:10 Supplementary clues 19:14 The Easter Egg Hunter's Mindset 19:55 How do we organise the clue information? 20:46 Our "rules" for Easter Egg hunting 21:47 Decryption tools that are ok to use (Rules continued) 22:28 Pinned messages in the Easter Egg channel of the Discord 22:41 Padlets for clues and ideas 23:38 Clue Hierarchy (and Tier 1D Summary) 25:42 Primary Clues 27:46 Lower Hierarchy Clues 29:07 "Shoutout" Clues 31:09 Examples of Tier 1D Lower Hierarchy Clues 33:57 Tier 1D Milestones 34:22 Special Clues 36:07 Outro Invite to The Finals Official Discord:   / discord   Check the pinned messages in the Easter Egg channel for helpful information. Easter Egg Solving Resources: GIMP Image Manipulation Program (Free): https://www.gimp.org Stegonline (clue-finding tool): https://stegonline.georgeom.net/upload Forensically (clue-finding tool): https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#foren... Cryptii Deciphering Tools: https://cryptii.com dCode Deciphering Tools: https://www.dcode.fr/en Visit and contribute to THE FINALS Wiki here: https://www.thefinals.wiki/wiki/Main_... Sign-up for future playtests for THE FINALS here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/20... Invite to the Duhtopia Discord (run by Duhmeister and where I hang out):   / discord   The Finals website: https://www.reachthefinals.com/ The Finals Twitter account:   / reachthefinals   The Finals YouTube account:    / @reachthefinals   Embark Studios website: https://www.embark-studios.com/ Embark Studios Twitter account:   / embarkstudios   Embark Studios' other game in development: ARC Raiders website: https://arcraiders.com/ ARC Raiders Twitter account:   / arcraidersgame   ********** Buy RockhoundBlack Merch here: https://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/R... ********** If you like in-depth PC game-trailer and game analysis and speculation videos, please subscribe! Join me on Social Media! Twitter:   / rockhoundblack   Facebook:   / rockhoundblackgaming   Discord:   / discord   Outro Music by Matt Langley. Check out Matt Langley's Bandcamp page here: https://mattlangley.bandcamp.com/ ********** I use VidIQ to help manage my channel: https://vidiq.com/RockhoundBlack My voiceover was recorded using an Audix OM3 Dynamic microphone: https://amzn.to/2EBfItU With a Rode Dead Kitten Windscreen: https://amzn.to/2Hr9Pm0 That is connected to my PC via a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 2nd Generation USB Audio Interface: https://amzn.to/2GNLXfo DISCLAIMER: This video description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links and make a purchase, I'll receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows me to continue to make videos like this one. Thank you for your support! #TheFinals #eastereggs #beginnersguide